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Posted 13 hours ago
Further evidence that sprawling outer suburbs are hurt more in the current economy (let's just go ahead and call it a recession, shall we?) than smarter locations:Last Friday's Washington Post took
Tags: analysis
Posted 1 day ago
One of my favorite organizations, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, hosts webcasts from time to time, and on Wednesday at 2pm eastern the subject will be smart, sustainable community develo
Posted 1 day ago
I don't remember when it started but by the time I graduated from college with a degree in school newspaper, I very much wanted to work for The New York Times. A very close friend even made me a needl
Posted 1 day ago
So I'm barely back from sabbatical, and stuff is happening thick and fast. The EPA is under a court order to issue an updated standard for lead in the air by this Wednesday, October 15th. The current
Posted 2 days ago
It has been a while since I blogged on Switchboard, but it's good to be back. This summer, after 12 years as a Senior Scientist at NRDC, I took a four month sabbatical. It wasn't exactly relaxing, sin
Tags: environmental health
Posted 3 days ago
On WAMU radio, an affiliate of NPR, BBC and Public Radio International, Sharon Buccino addresses energy issues and what is fact and what is fiction about natural gas And on PBS NewsHour with Jim Le
Posted 3 days ago
On WAMU radio, an affiliate of NPR, BBC and Public Radio International, Sharon Buccino addresses energy issues and what is fact and what is fiction about natural gas And on PBS NewsHour with Jim Le
Posted 3 days ago
Last week, Congress passed the Mercury Market Minimization Act, a bill that will protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury, a
Posted 3 days ago
Last week, Congress passed the Mercury Market Minimization Act, a bill that will protect Americans and people around the world from mercury poisoning by banning the export of elemental mercury, a
Posted 3 days ago
Good news on the Dump Dirty Diesels Campaign front today...Yesterday, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted new fuel and emissions standards for large diesel-fueled, ocean-going ships.
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